Upstanding Ivy Leaguers

by Robyn Schneider | July 22, 2008 at 8:28 pm

I was blissfully zoned out in front of the TV last summer when an ad came on for reruns of a popular show. “If you haven’t seen them,� the ad smugly pointed out, “then they’re new to you.�

Following this thought, I humbly present these “new to you� short videos from this summer’s Rooftop Comedy National College Comedy Competition (where students tried to not suck at stand up, and the ones who were actually funny advanced to regional finals, and then nationals). Representin’ on the Ivy front we have Harvard, Brown and Columbia. Get ready, some truly epic entertainment awaits:

Harrison Greenbaum, Harvard ’08 (regional semi-finalist) is freakin’ hilarious. For real, someone buy this kid a beer--in the middle of his stand up comedy routine, he busts out a magic trick.

More stand-up comedy after the jump: Read the rest of this entry »

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